After speaking to my CT on Monday (my first day with her) she mentioned that I may be able to do my unit on a non-fiction type reading where I can incorporate social studies into language arts. I'm not exactly sure which sources she was thinking that I use. I'll work on the specifics within the next week or so with her.
10/25/12
I still haven't had the opportunity to have the formal sit-down with my CT to discuss specifics of my unit plan. This week however, we did discuss that I would more than likely be doing a novel that will be a whole class read and focusing my unit around that novel. I would tie in their weekly Language Arts and Social Studies topics to the unit so that it would be as inter-disciplined and tie into the rest of the curriculum as possible. I will be meeting with her on Monday to talk about possible novel choices so until then I'm not sure of what the theme will be. I plan to do some journal writing, an activity with the characters, showing clips of the movie if the novel was made into a movie, etc. It's hard for me to pinpoint specifics without knowing what my book is yet!
10/25-11/2
My CT and I have decided that I will do my unit plan on Tuck Everlasting and I've chosen a central theme of growth & change. My initial list of topics are:
foreshadowing
immortality
imagery
importance of growth/change/cycle of life
internal conflict
suspense
fantasy
characterization
other societies
vocabulary
man in the yellow suit
11/6-11-8
Unit Plan Topics:
Foreshadowing
Importance of growth/change/cycle of life
Characterization
Imagery
Goals for unit plan:
The students will be able to identify the literary element of foreshadowing.
The students will be able to identify examples of foreshadowing in the text.
The students will be able to identify points of growth and change in the novel.
The students will be able to make connections between the idea of change in the novel and change in their lives.
The students will be able to recognize the elements of characterization within the novel’s main characters.
The students will be able to use elements of characterization to create their own character in a short narrative.
The students will be able to identify the elements of imagery in the novel.
The students will be able to create imagery through their own written work.
Possible content focuses:
-Young Adult novel*
-Poetry
-Short Stories
Possible Themes:
-Diversity*
-Families
-Discovery
After speaking to my CT on Monday (my first day with her) she mentioned that I may be able to do my unit on a non-fiction type reading where I can incorporate social studies into language arts. I'm not exactly sure which sources she was thinking that I use. I'll work on the specifics within the next week or so with her.
10/25/12
I still haven't had the opportunity to have the formal sit-down with my CT to discuss specifics of my unit plan. This week however, we did discuss that I would more than likely be doing a novel that will be a whole class read and focusing my unit around that novel. I would tie in their weekly Language Arts and Social Studies topics to the unit so that it would be as inter-disciplined and tie into the rest of the curriculum as possible. I will be meeting with her on Monday to talk about possible novel choices so until then I'm not sure of what the theme will be. I plan to do some journal writing, an activity with the characters, showing clips of the movie if the novel was made into a movie, etc. It's hard for me to pinpoint specifics without knowing what my book is yet!
10/25-11/2
My CT and I have decided that I will do my unit plan on Tuck Everlasting and I've chosen a central theme of growth & change. My initial list of topics are:
foreshadowing
immortality
imagery
importance of growth/change/cycle of life
internal conflict
suspense
fantasy
characterization
other societies
vocabulary
man in the yellow suit
11/6-11-8
Unit Plan Topics:
Foreshadowing
Importance of growth/change/cycle of life
Characterization
Imagery
Goals for unit plan:
The students will be able to identify the literary element of foreshadowing.
The students will be able to identify examples of foreshadowing in the text.
The students will be able to identify points of growth and change in the novel.
The students will be able to make connections between the idea of change in the novel and change in their lives.
The students will be able to recognize the elements of characterization within the novel’s main characters.
The students will be able to use elements of characterization to create their own character in a short narrative.
The students will be able to identify the elements of imagery in the novel.
The students will be able to create imagery through their own written work.
Tentative Lesson 1
Final Unit Plan